Michael Joseph Sobran, Jr., known as Joe Sobran (February 23, 1946 – September 30, 2010), was an American journalist, formerly with National Review magazine and a syndicated columnist. Pundit and three-time presidential candidate Pat Buchanan called Sobran "perhaps the finest columnist of our generation".
Sobran graduated from Eastern Michigan University in his native Ypsilanti, Michigan, with a Bachelor of Arts in English. He studied for a graduate degree in English, with a concentration on Shakespearean studies, following his graduation. In the late 1960s, Sobran lectured on Shakespeare and English on a fellowship with the university.
In 1972, Sobran began working at National Review. During the 1970s, he frequently used the byline M. J. Sobran. He stayed for twenty-one years, eighteen as senior editor, before he was removed from the publication amidst controversial charges of anti-semitism. Aside from his work at National Review, Sobran spent twenty-one years as a commentator on the CBS Radio Spectrum program series. He was a syndicated columnist, first with the Los Angeles Times, and later with the Universal Press Syndicate. In 2007, he discontinued circulation of his newsletter by mail.
Like a yo yo
You're spinning me up and down
Like a yo yo
You're pulling me round and round
All around the world
For every boy and girl
They say they're sorry lying
It's never gonna change
Like a yo yo
No matter how I try
I just can't get away
Time after time
You can always make me stay
You treat me like a toy
That you're gonna throw away
Again and again
You make me want to play
Like a yo yo
You're spinning me up and down
Like a yo yo
You're pulling me round and round
All around the world
For every boy and girl
They say they're sorry lying
It's never gonna change
Like a yo yo
Wrap me around your heart
Tug on the string
Wrap me around your heart
Tug on the string
Wrap me around your heart
Tug on the string
Tug on the string
Tug on the string
Like a yo yo
You're spinning me up and down
Like a yo yo
You're pulling me round and round
All around the world
For every boy and girl
They say they're sorry lying
It's never gonna change
Like a yo yo
You're spinning me up and down
Like a yo yo
You're pulling me round and round
Like a yo yo
You're spinning me up and down
Like a yo yo
You're pulling me round and round